Life after eLearning: Realistic Performance Activities in the Workplace

Conference Archive

Learning Solutions Conference & Expo 2013 - March 14, 2013

John Low

Chief Creative Officer Carney

Too often employees must take eLearning courses that fall far short of
positively impacting performance on the job. Much of this eLearning can trace
its roots to bad presentations relying on dense bulleted information and clip
art to break the monotony. Replace the presenter with a “Next” button and you
have the standalone eLearning that makes up much of the required training
within private and public organizations today.

Participants in this session will explore an alternative called realistic
performance activities (RPAs). RPAs are short, problem-oriented exercises that
emphasize a “learn by doing” approach that uses existing infrastructure such as
email and, increasingly, enterprise social media. You’ll learn how you can use social
media platforms to facilitate RPAs in a way that has not typically been
possible or realistic within organizations in the past. You’ll also explore
ways of complementing existing learning programs with RPAs, including adding
RPAs to existing online content and using RPAs as an adjunct to larger blended-learning
events.